Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but serious complication that may occur during childbirth. It occurs when amniotic fluid (the fluid surrounding the unborn baby) enters the bloodstream.

THE syndrome of acute fatal amniotic-fluid embolism in parturient women, although relatively rare, is adequately described in the literature, 1–9 and the occurrence of nonfatal cases has been ...

AMONG the rarer causes of maternal death, pulmonary embolism by amniotic fluid has been the subject of considerable recent interest.1 In most patients with this disorder who survived the period of ...

Mom, 30, was ‘clinically dead' for 45 minutes. When she woke, she found out she gave birth to triplets Doctors were quick to realize Marisa Christie suffered an amniotic fluid embolism after ...

An amniotic fluid embolism is “a rare and life-threatening complication that occurs when a pregnant woman gets amniotic fluid into their bloodstream just before, during or immediately after ...

Mom, 30, was ‘clinically dead' for 45 minutes. When she woke, she found out she gave birth to triplets Doctors were quick to realize Marisa Christie suffered an amniotic fluid embolism after ...

Mom, 30, was ‘clinically dead' for 45 minutes. When she woke, she found out she gave birth to triplets Doctors were quick to realize Marisa Christie suffered an amniotic fluid embolism after ...

On March 31, nursing influencer Hailey Okula died after suffering an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) after childbirth. The complication affects only one in every 40,000 deliveries, and her husband ...

Mom, 30, was ‘clinically dead' for 45 minutes. When she woke, she found out she gave birth to triplets Doctors were quick to realize Marisa Christie suffered an amniotic fluid embolism after ...

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare yet devastating obstetric emergency in which fetal material enters the maternal circulation, triggering a severe cascade of inflammatory, coagulative and ...

Mom, 30, was ‘clinically dead' for 45 minutes. When she woke, she found out she gave birth to triplets Doctors were quick to realize Marisa Christie suffered an amniotic fluid embolism after ...